Sunday, November 28, 2010

Obscura Antiques & Oddities T-Shirts

We are moving our shop and will be making new shirts with different designs. All of the remaining stock of the shirts on this page are in storage and we are unable to process any orders right now. We will post the new designs shortly.

SHIRTS ARE SOLD OUT! PLEASE DO NOT PLACE AN ORDER. NEW SHIRTS AVAILABLE SOON.

These are the two designs. T-shirts are black and printing is white. 100% cotton shirt available in Adult small, medium, large, XL, XXL & 4XL. Ladies shirts in S-M-L-XL (These seem to run a bit small) Adult shirts either design, youth shirt octopus only. $30 including postage. ($25 plus $5 flat rate postage) You can send check/money order to Obscura/Mike 151 1st ave suite 207 NY NY 10003 or paypal to mikezohn@gmail.com. Please be sure to indicate what size and design you want. Make checks/money orders payable to Obscura. Illpost an actual image of the shirt shortly.

95 comments:

Very cool! I'm digging the first design (the second one is awesome too, but the first one is my fav). Looks like one of those old woodcut illustrations. Did you commission an artist to do these or did you use old antique images?

The images came from a 1890s book with English & German vocabulary words. I think its actually for children and has over 2000 illustrations. The style is very similar to Edward Gorey. We picked 2 images from the book , one that was safe for anywhere and the other that may not be good in all situations. We didnt make childrens sizes with the gag image for this reason. In the future we were thinking of changing out the images for the next run of shirts.

Thank you so much for answering my question, and I love these kind of images, I grew up in Germany and almost all my textbooks as a child were illustrated with black and white crosshatched illustrations. I'm excited to see more images from obscura.

Just saw your show.. Fabulous! I live in Philadelphia and I am a big fan of the Medical oddities on display in the Mütter Museum at the Philadelphia College of Physicians. If they had a gift shop, It would be Obscura!!! Can't wait to visit you on my next trip to NYC

Love the shop! It's about time a show is aired with such a variety of dark yet colorful items and customers alike! I live in Alabama and will unlikely be visiting NY any time soon but will be keeping Oddities on my DVR. I look forward to seeing some of your items on site and hopefully will be able to purchase one or more. BTW.. Nice shirts! Will be getting one as well!

Great title for the show, Oddities. Perfect for the odd items in the shop and descriptive of the colorfully odd people you deal with. It is truly awesome how you treat such "colorful" personalities with kindness. We have become fans of yours and your clients. Our favorite client, the morbidly sweet Laura, she's a sweetheart. Good luck! Michael

Greetings from New Hampshire!Oddities is the best show ever!! I have seen every episode so far and my favorite clients are Edgar and Laura! They are awesome, and very sweet! I am studying to be a surgical assistant and hope to check out your shop some day...

Do you still have the medical bag that Whitey brought in? My boyfriend and i just watched the episode and he now wants it and wont stop talking about it! We love the show~ Stay put guys....i'm (trying to )talk him into a visit!!!

Dude. That lovely lady Laura? The one who made the dress for Evan?!?!?! SHE IS BEAUTIFUL! I mean Evan is hot too....but I gut a thing for Laura. She made a beautiful dress....used to be a mortician....and is gorgeous. I love her voice. She would be a great Janis Joplin type singer with the right work. I need to meet that chick. Too bad I'm in South Boston, Massachusetts haha she is probably married anyways I love this show!

thank you for sharing your aesthetic. i used to feel all alone in my love of the old and forgotten and now i know there are people who are even more passionate and informed about this genre of collecting.

Hey Obscura, Great show and shop. I saw your show for the first time shortly after visiting McSorely's and realized I was only a block or 2 away from you guys. I'm hoping to stop by in the next few weeks.Mike

We love your show and are always amazed and intrigued not only by your treasures but also your customers. My 6 year old is your biggest fan. We are coming to New York next week from TN and I really want to bring her to the store if I get a chance. I must have a t-shirt for her too!

Just happened across Oddities last night while looking for something unique and entertaining On Demand. After watching one of the 2 min. teasers I proceeded to watch all of the other episodes in order back to back. I love this show! Trying to plan a trip to NY just so I can come check out all of these incredibly unusual items in person. Congrats on season 2! I look forward to many more episodes. The shirts look great. Would like to purchase using a credit card however. Keep up the weird!

I am a big MC Escher fan and I was wondering could it be possible to make the painting bond of union in pig skin but 3d rather like almost like an articulated skull or something to that effect or something to that nature ? I think it would be very cool looking well since I am his biggest fan in the whole wide world !

I love your show! I found it months ago and have been telling people all about it...I finally have a good tv show to look forward to every week! The episode with Bruce Modvic was very interesting...my father is in the process of reconstructing an old home and turing it into a Victorian like home and I have been searching for something to get him as a house warming gift...now I know where to look! Thank you again for a great show and when I'm in the city I am defintly going to plan on stopping in! BTW...what happened to "The Curd?"

Your show is fascinating. I enjoy it a lot. Please get the online general sales up as soon as you can. I have a friend in DC who would love your wares. Also, he is a bit beyond 2XL, so can you check with your shirt vendor if special order larger sizes are possible? Thanks.

You guys are so awesome....I can not wait for my trip to NYC in a few months with my daughters...I know I will be coming home with something from your shop. Love the show on the science channel....watch every time it is on. Sending much love to all of you!

Dear Obscura Antiques and Oddities,omg. Oddities is the BEST show i have ever seen. my brother came across it on Memorial Day weekend. i watched more tv that day than i normally do in FIVE YEARS. my family was all together down at my grandparents' house and we spent an entire day on the couch, glued to the tv, watching a marathon of Oddities. it. was. amazing. i am a big fan of Edgar; he's so awesome! my family and i hope to visit Obscura in the near future and hopefully run into some bizarre and cool people! not to mention check out the antiques in the store! thank you so much for this awesome store made into an awesome show, and keep up the good work! p.s. i will be getting one of those shirts asap :D~sincerely, one of your big fans, Ashlie

Hi, I ordered a the octopus shirt for my friend as a birthday gift on the 7th of this month, and it still hasn't come. I was just wondering if it was going to come soon (his birthday is next thursday).thank you,Erika

Please send all questions to Info@ObscuraAntiques.com ...We do all this stuff ourselves,and sometimes get a bit behind...Also, our facebook page is a good place to get a hold of us...Here is the page...http://www.facebook.com/pages/Obscura-Antiques-Oddities/149754465074860

I been watching the show and you guys have some jackets hanging up near a case and one of them is a newark nj police jacket. I am a collector and wonderin how much you all want for it and if you others and I live in MN..

really ? check or money order? whats a check? furthermore whats a money order? Please you will sell a a** load more if you have a credit/debit card option lol, not being a balloon knot , cause I love the show and your place, but Im not gonna take the time to mailyou a check or money order. I was ready to buy 2 till I saw that. Love you guysJeff

hmmm ... i was hoping for something 3-dish where the eyes would follow you as you walked past it or something, kinda like haunted house artwork ...let me know if you would like to see designs or seomthing, its sort of what i do

I'm definitely going to buy my wife one of your shirts for her bday. when she starts watching your show she just can't stop!BTW, did you ever receive my grandfathers funeral photo I sent to the shop? Thanks.

I was viewing one of your episodes on July 21, 2012 and it was my understanding that you were seeking a pelt that had the girth of a horse, but the height of a giraffe. I simply do NOT understand why you did not search for the pelt of an okapi. That would have given you multiple features: girth of an okapi/horse; the legs of a zebra and a pseudo-neck of a "less than mature" giraffe." GOOD LUCK NEXT TIME.

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